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"noob" questions regarding Hard SPL, Radio and Cooks roms

Hi there.
I've had HTC devices for quite a while, and ive heard about this forum, lookd a bit, but never dared installing anything.
Atm. I have the Diamond, and im ok happy with it, the battery lives and it works and GPS is uber fun
(I am from Denmark btw)
I have looked at the radios, and read that this .05 should give battery life and more speed, is that true? And it says it needs Hard SPL to function, which I dont really see what use it? What is it used to and why do I need it?
On the Radio page theres barely any info on the difference on the radios either, which is very confusing :S
Ofcourse I guess it kills the warrenty?
Then regarding roms, is any of them danish at all? with danish t9?

there are sticky's in the ROM development section for most of this.. or you can look at my site for some details and instructions..
it seems ppl think that .05 radio is a bit better for some stuff.. it can get a bit subjective. You really need to try them for yourself to be sure. you need hard-spl cause you don't want to own an expensive paperweight if something goes wrong with the flash.
there's not much info on radios cause htc doesn't necessarily list out the differences.. sometimes its little tweaks for battery life or network coverage.. some radios add the fourth band as well..
please go search the ROM development forum for the ROM of your choice.. next time you should do it before you post.
Animefan said:
Hi there.
I've had HTC devices for quite a while, and ive heard about this forum, lookd a bit, but never dared installing anything.
Atm. I have the Diamond, and im ok happy with it, the battery lives and it works and GPS is uber fun
(I am from Denmark btw)
I have looked at the radios, and read that this .05 should give battery life and more speed, is that true? And it says it needs Hard SPL to function, which I dont really see what use it? What is it used to and why do I need it?
On the Radio page theres barely any info on the difference on the radios either, which is very confusing :S
Ofcourse I guess it kills the warrenty?
Then regarding roms, is any of them danish at all? with danish t9?
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New Diamond user seeking some advice

Ok I've been searching the forums for a while now to find answers to my questions and I've answered a few of them but I think I need a little more advice.
I'm using the HTC Touch Diamond and the Model NO shows DIAM500 on the back I've got MP6950, ROM version is 1.22.557.1, Radio Version 1.03.06F. I'm a CDMA user (Pretty sure anyway) and my carrier is Cellular South.
I love my Diamond it's just my carrier that seems to be a problem. I live out in the boonies so my reception is virtually non-existant at home. Not a major problem but an annoying one. It's not just with the Diamond it's with every cell phone I've ever had. Also the battery life could be better I think, I get about 4 hours with pretty moderate use while I have signal (at work). Haven't really done any tweaking YET but I've started messing around today.
Now this brings me to the reason I'm posting. I was looking into updating my ROM but was not able to download the latest from the HTC site (I figured out why). So as far as ROM's go I'm a little confused with all the custom ROMS posted here, I don't really know which would be best for me and if they will work at all and not screw up my phone. Can anyone offer some advice on what ROM is should use?
And I also want to play around with different Radios because I'm under the impression that it could help my reception issue, and then again it probably won't since I've always had this issue. So has anyone had luck with a certain radio helping poor reception? Is there one that would be better for me than the others?
I'm sure these are fairly regular and annoying questions but I just want to make sure I don't throw away the purchase I just made by updating the ROM and radio.

Most of XDA Forum is not for CDMA.

You can always find custom ROMs. Each ROM is different from the others (included applications and options which affect memory usage and performance). So there really isnt a "best ROM." You can check out the thread for CDMA ROMs and make sure you know how to install new ROMs and that you have the needed applications (HardSPL for GSM I dont know if its the same for CDMA). If you have what it takes you can try several ROMs and radios to find the most suitable one for you. Normally this shouldnt harm your phone unless you dont read well before attempting.
Hope this helps.

Would a change of rom extend battery

Hi guys.
Have read many mixed reviews about this but was hoping a couple of you here would be able to confrm it.
As we know the battery life on the diamond aint that great, but I have read many mixed thoughts that a rom upgrade would improve the battery life. Is this true?
If so any recommendations on nice rom from the rom section we have on here?
I am currently running the original orange uk rom.
Many thanks, look forward to you replies.

My guess is that the changes are marginal at best, so save yourself from the trouble and order this, http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=166204

Its not marginal. It got me about 1 extra day of usage before i'd have to charge. I changed from original rom to Dutty's cooked rom.
There is also other benefits to changing roms, most important benefit would be speed. The cooked roms usually run faster and more smoother than the original roms.

Thanx guys, I will take a look at duttys.
Will the official upgrade from the htc site be any good?

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Thanx guys, I will take a look at duttys.
Will the official upgrade from the htc site be any good?
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Nope. Hmmm cooked firmwares generally remove some things which are not used EVER. Also it will clean up the software being ran on the background. And a few tweeks will be made to WM to make it run faster. ie. page memory, etc.

I think its the radio update that makes the most difference. I seem to get better battery life since 'upgrading' to 1.00.25.05 (upgrading is in quotes since my original version was actually higher than that). But then again i also upgraded to a cooked rom (AZTOR X2) so i got a double hit... Certainly very pleased with the extra speed and battery life!

the radio update is totally true. Ive read certain posts where people are getting atleast 3x longer battery using a different Radio.
Such as on one radio it will use about 8% overnight, where as on another radio within about the same duration overnight it will only use 2-3%.

would anyone be able to give me links to these roms and radio's. also a guide would be really handy
thanks
Jon

I'm interested of the rom that make battery life 3x longer...i'm actually using .16(BS), but i don't know if this one is the best.

New Radio?

Hi Guys
Flashed a few roms on my sexy nexy but my brother had recently flashed a radio and told me of the signal improvement. I'm using Kang O Rama rom and wondered whether anyone could suggest a good radio to flash?
Cheers for any help
Sent from my Nexus One

First one to say it: Wrong Section
Should be in Q&A.
But, to answer your question, I have seen that it really depends on your own experiences with each radio. I found that none of the 5.XX radios worked well for me. So, I'm running the older radio. But mos people say that the newer ones are better. So, you should just try them out. Just be careful when flashing

Cheers for that. I noticed that I had posted in the wrong forum straight away but didn't know how to move it with tapatalk.
Thanks for the info. Anyone got any recommendations?
Sent from my Nexus One

Check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744605

ywindlass said:
First one to say it: Wrong Section
Should be in Q&A.
But, to answer your question, I have seen that it really depends on your own experiences with each radio. I found that none of the 5.XX radios worked well for me. So, I'm running the older radio. But mos people say that the newer ones are better. So, you should just try them out. Just be careful when flashing
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same here:
5.12 horrible battery and terrible internet speeds
5.08 terrible battery
4.xx no problems
and the same bad reception on all of them
=> UNLESS you actually have a PROBLEM with the radio, leave it alone!

5.12 radio here, wonderful battery and blazing speeds. No problems at all.

Q is modyfing a radio baseband possible

hey as some of yall have seen ive been trying just about everything to get better 3g lately lol. however heres my question after a few nights of googleling i found that ppl have hacked and modified att gsm radios and got crazy speed increases so im wondering if the same thing could be done with a cdma radio saftley that is because flashing a radio is one of the riskiest things you could do. Major props to anyone who thinks they could pull this off and i would deffinitly be down to test if the time came.

Yes, it is possible and there's a post on how to do it somehwere here on XDA. I can't seem to find it, but if you search you should run into it. I haven't done it yet becasue I don't have any signal issues and, based on the poll, about half of the people noticed an improvement.